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1987-88 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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Record: 38-33-9 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bryan Murray (38-33-9)

Goals For: 281 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 249 (2nd of 21)
SRS: 0.43 (7th of 21), SOS: 0.04 (11th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-3) versus New Jersey Devils
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Flyers

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 8, 1987 @ Boston Bruins L 3 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 10, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 6 4 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sun, Oct 11, 1987 @ Buffalo Sabres L 5 6 1 2 0 L 1
4 Fri, Oct 16, 1987 Hartford Whalers W 6 2 2 2 0 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 17, 1987 New York Rangers W 4 3 3 2 0 W 2
6 Mon, Oct 19, 1987 @ New York Rangers W 4 2 4 2 0 W 3
7 Thu, Oct 22, 1987 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 1 5 2 0 W 4
8 Sat, Oct 24, 1987 Montreal Canadiens L 2 3 5 3 0 L 1
9 Tue, Oct 27, 1987 @ Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 6 3 0 W 1
10 Fri, Oct 30, 1987 @ Winnipeg Jets L OT 2 3 6 4 0 L 1
11 Sat, Oct 31, 1987 @ Minnesota North Stars T OT 3 3 6 4 1 T 1
12 Tue, Nov 3, 1987 Vancouver Canucks W 3 2 7 4 1 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 6, 1987 Quebec Nordiques L 1 4 7 5 1 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 7, 1987 @ New Jersey Devils L 1 4 7 6 1 L 2
15 Tue, Nov 10, 1987 @ New York Islanders L OT 3 4 7 7 1 L 3
16 Wed, Nov 11, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 3 7 8 1 L 4
17 Sat, Nov 14, 1987 Minnesota North Stars W 4 1 8 8 1 W 1
18 Tue, Nov 17, 1987 Detroit Red Wings L 0 1 8 9 1 L 1
19 Fri, Nov 20, 1987 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 8 10 1 L 2
20 Sat, Nov 21, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers W 4 3 9 10 1 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 25, 1987 Boston Bruins W 4 1 10 10 1 W 2
22 Fri, Nov 27, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 4 10 11 1 L 1
23 Sat, Nov 28, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T OT 5 5 10 11 2 T 1
24 Tue, Dec 1, 1987 Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 11 11 2 W 1
25 Fri, Dec 4, 1987 New York Islanders L 4 6 11 12 2 L 1
26 Sun, Dec 6, 1987 Los Angeles Kings W 10 3 12 12 2 W 1
27 Tue, Dec 8, 1987 Calgary Flames L 4 5 12 13 2 L 1
28 Wed, Dec 9, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers L 4 5 12 14 2 L 2
29 Sat, Dec 12, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 2 1 13 14 2 W 1
30 Tue, Dec 15, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 3 5 13 15 2 L 1
31 Wed, Dec 16, 1987 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 6 13 16 2 L 2
32 Fri, Dec 18, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 14 16 2 W 1
33 Sun, Dec 20, 1987 St. Louis Blues T OT 1 1 14 16 3 T 1
34 Tue, Dec 22, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques W 2 1 15 16 3 W 1
35 Wed, Dec 23, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens T OT 2 2 15 16 4 T 1
36 Sat, Dec 26, 1987 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 15 17 4 L 1
37 Mon, Dec 28, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 4 4 15 17 5 T 1
38 Wed, Dec 30, 1987 @ New Jersey Devils W 4 3 16 17 5 W 1
39 Fri, Jan 1, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 17 17 5 W 2
40 Sat, Jan 2, 1988 Edmonton Oilers W 2 0 18 17 5 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 5, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 1 19 17 5 W 4
42 Fri, Jan 8, 1988 New York Rangers W 8 4 20 17 5 W 5
43 Sun, Jan 10, 1988 @ Calgary Flames L 2 8 20 18 5 L 1
44 Mon, Jan 11, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 3 20 19 5 L 2
45 Wed, Jan 13, 1988 @ Los Angeles Kings W 8 3 21 19 5 W 1
46 Sat, Jan 16, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 3 21 20 5 L 1
47 Sun, Jan 17, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 4 5 21 21 5 L 2
48 Tue, Jan 19, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 6 4 22 21 5 W 1
49 Sat, Jan 23, 1988 Buffalo Sabres T OT 3 3 22 21 6 T 1
50 Tue, Jan 26, 1988 Winnipeg Jets L 2 3 22 22 6 L 1
51 Fri, Jan 29, 1988 Montreal Canadiens W 4 3 23 22 6 W 1
52 Sun, Jan 31, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers W OT 1 0 24 22 6 W 2
53 Tue, Feb 2, 1988 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L OT 2 3 24 23 6 L 1
54 Fri, Feb 5, 1988 New York Islanders L 2 4 24 24 6 L 2
55 Sat, Feb 6, 1988 New York Rangers L 0 3 24 25 6 L 3
56 Thu, Feb 11, 1988 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 25 25 6 W 1
57 Fri, Feb 12, 1988 New York Islanders W 6 2 26 25 6 W 2
58 Sun, Feb 14, 1988 Calgary Flames W OT 5 4 27 25 6 W 3
59 Wed, Feb 17, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 4 3 28 25 6 W 4
60 Fri, Feb 19, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets W 6 0 29 25 6 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 20, 1988 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 0 30 25 6 W 6
62 Wed, Feb 24, 1988 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 4 30 26 6 L 1
63 Sat, Feb 27, 1988 @ New York Islanders W 3 0 31 26 6 W 1
64 Tue, Mar 1, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 5 3 32 26 6 W 2
65 Wed, Mar 2, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 6 1 33 26 6 W 3
66 Fri, Mar 4, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 6 2 34 26 6 W 4
67 Sun, Mar 6, 1988 Vancouver Canucks W 7 2 35 26 6 W 5
68 Thu, Mar 10, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 35 27 6 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 12, 1988 New York Rangers L 2 4 35 28 6 L 2
70 Sun, Mar 13, 1988 @ Boston Bruins W 3 0 36 28 6 W 1
71 Wed, Mar 16, 1988 @ New York Rangers W 8 4 37 28 6 W 2
72 Fri, Mar 18, 1988 New York Islanders T OT 3 3 37 28 7 T 1
73 Sun, Mar 20, 1988 New Jersey Devils L 2 4 37 29 7 L 1
74 Tue, Mar 22, 1988 St. Louis Blues L 3 5 37 30 7 L 2
75 Wed, Mar 23, 1988 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 7 37 31 7 L 3
76 Fri, Mar 25, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 3 38 31 7 W 1
77 Tue, Mar 29, 1988 Detroit Red Wings T OT 2 2 38 31 8 T 1
78 Thu, Mar 31, 1988 @ New York Islanders L 3 7 38 32 8 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 2, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins L OT 6 7 38 33 8 L 2
80 Sun, Apr 3, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers T OT 2 2 38 33 9 T 1

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 6, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 7, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 4 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 4 1 2 0 L 1
4 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers L OT 4 5 1 3 0 L 2
5 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 2 2 3 0 W 1
6 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 7 2 3 3 0 W 2
7 Sat, Apr 16, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers W OT 5 4 4 3 0 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
8 Mon, Apr 18, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 3 1 5 3 0 W 4
9 Wed, Apr 20, 1988 New Jersey Devils L 2 5 5 4 0 L 1
10 Fri, Apr 22, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils L 4 10 5 5 0 L 2
11 Sun, Apr 24, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 4 1 6 5 0 W 1
12 Tue, Apr 26, 1988 New Jersey Devils L 1 3 6 6 0 L 1
13 Thu, Apr 28, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 7 2 7 6 0 W 1
14 Sat, Apr 30, 1988 New Jersey Devils L 2 3 7 7 0 L 1